Some of the salient features of the CPCB guidelines are: No use of chemical paint or plaster of Paris use of natural dyes removing worship materials from the idols before immersing it making public aware about ill effects of direct immersion collection of bio-degradable and plastic waste and disposing it through composting/ recycling and clearing of all the waste material within 48 hours of immersion. After immersion, the refuse material would be disposed of as per CPCB guidelines.
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A synthetic liner will be placed in the bottom of those pits filled with water. Pits would be dug up and the area would be barricaded. In Allahabad, it has been proposed that 100-metre-by-50-metre spots at a distance of nearly 480 metres from the river would be ear-marked for immersion. The court pointed out that, from the records, it was not clear as to what arrangements were being made in the remaining 21 districts. In the meetings of the state government, the district collectors were asked to adhere to the CPCB guidelines of 2010 and make arrangements in their respective districts. Ganga is the consort of Shiva, the Yamuna is the consort of Vishnus. This place in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh is believed to be the union of three Goddess, who are the consorts of the trinity - Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh. However, the court noted that the first meeting in this regard took place only on August 19 this year, barely a month before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, which kickstarts the festival season leading up to Durga Puja in the early part of October. The Sangam is the place where the clear waters of the Ganga merge with the greenish Yamuna and the underground Saraswati. Last year in October, the state government had made “solemn promise” before the court that the idols would not be immersed in the rivers from next year. This, in our view, is a violation by the state government of its obligation to enforce the orders of the Court.” Reluctantly, the high court has granted relaxation in both the years.Īllowing the modification application filed by the state for this year too on Friday while hearing a PIL related to pollution in River Ganga, a division bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Dilip Gupta, said: “Once an event has taken place, the emergency of the situation is lost to the State and the matter is taken into cold storage until the next year, when the court is confronted with a human situation and is informed that unless a relaxation was to be granted, the situation would not be capable of being managed on the ground. However, while sitting on the orders in the interim, the state government has twice raised the spectre of law and order situation just before the onset of the festival season to seek relaxation for that particular year. The high court had in 2012 and then 2013 ordered complete ban on immersion of idols in these rivers as a measure to curb pollution. However, the state government was directed to place the reports regarding arrangements being made in these districts by September 26, when it would pass further orders.